Microsoft has joined with China Telecom, with 210 million phone subscribers and 80 million internet clients, to provide Windows Live Search powered services. A new search engine, called "114" has appeared on China Telecom's partner website http://www.vnet.cn

September 25th, 2006 at 1:33 pm

The Windows Live Invasion of the Robots contest has ended, but there’s still time to vote for your favorite RobotInvader. One of the more interesting ones connects Messenger to your Media Center PC to remotely record programs, all from your mobile device. Casey Chesnut, a Media Center MVP, …

September 22nd, 2006 at 1:23 am

Windows Live Expo has just announced a new update to the service, including integrated payment via PayPal, job listings via CareerBuilder, featured ads by AdMission – initially in the real estate and autos sections, better search, and tighter Messenger integration – showing you "all the things …

September 21st, 2006 at 11:22 am

First it was Warhol becoming MSN Soapbox. Next up is Search Center, the latest program which surprisingly will be losing the "Live" prefix that is being given to nearly everything else coming out of Redmond this year. For now it is looking to be called Windows Search Preview, a name that is supported by a recent Newgroup …

September 20th, 2006 at 11:03 am

Paula Hane at Information Today writes about a new search technology that may soon be included in Windows Live Search – faceted search. One of many search projects coming out of Microsoft Research Asia’s Search Technology Center, faceted search tries to identify keywords, and then classify the search …